Kaptur lies to Ohio voters in new ad
Career politician Marcy Kaptur was caught lying about her accomplishments in a new campaign ad.
The ad promises benefits for retirees and salaried workers, but the legislation cited in the ad hasn’t become law…
Meaning Kaptur has actually delivered nothing for Ohioans.
In case you missed it…
Kaptur ad highlights bill not yet passed
The Toledo Blade
Trevor Hubert
August 5, 2022
https://www.toledoblade.com/local/politics/2022/08/05/marcy-kaptur-susan-muffley-act-pensions/stories/20220805151
A campaign ad from U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D., Toledo) is touting legislation to benefit retirees and salaried workers that has yet to become law. The bill cited in the ad, The Susan Muffley Act of 2022, passed the House in July, but the effort to pass the legislation in the Senate is still ongoing.
Earlier this week, both of Ohio’s U.S. senators, Democrat Sherrod Brown and Republican Rob Portman, asked for unanimous consent to pass the bill, but it lacked the GOP support needed to move ahead.
The bill would restore pensions to Delphi retirees who lost them when the company filed for bankruptcy in 2009. According to Mr. Portman’s office, the bill would affect 20,000 retirees, including more than 5,000 Ohioans. The Biden Administration expressed support for the bill after it passed the House. The ad has drawn criticism from the GOP side for promoting benefits from bills that haven’t been signed into law.
Career politician Marcy Kaptur has failed Ohioans for 40 years, and her desperate attempt to fake accomplishments won’t fool Ohio voters come November,” National Republican Congressional Committee Spokesman Courtney Parella said.
The campaign still believes Ms. Kaptur’s support of the bill is noteworthy, despite the fact it has not yet been signed into law. Kaptur outraising Majewski, spending big on advertising, filings show “In a campaign, we often talk about things that we’re doing, things that we’re fighting for, a bill that you got passed,” Kaptur campaign spokesman Kyle Buda said.
“If Marcy kind of led the way on a piece of legislation and it passed the House, it’s still a clear demonstration of who and what she’s fighting for.” On a press call with reporters Friday, Mr. Brown said he will continue to push to get the bill up to a vote in the Senate and noted the President’s public support.
“The next move is to convince the Republican members of the Senate who opposed it to work with us and negotiate a bill that actually works for these pensioners,” he said. “I’ve said it for 10 years and I’m not happy that it’s taken this long, but big things like this often do…we’re going to continue this until we make it happen.” Another reference in the spot, which was paid for by the Kaptur campaign, says that “Marcy wrote the bill protecting our retirement benefits, and when salaried workers were left out, she got a second bill passed, protecting everyone.”
Ms. Kaptur co-introduced the referenced bill, H.R. 397, in 2019 to establish a fund protecting failing pension plans. The bill passed the House, but was never voted on in the Senate. The bill never technically became law on its own, but it was later signed into law by President Biden in March, 2021, as part of the American Rescue Plan Act under The Butch Lewis Emergency Pension Plan Relief Act. The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation estimates that the Butch Lewis Act will provide between $74 and $91 billion in pension protections.
Around 10.9 million Americans are under the umbrella of 1,400 multi-employers pension plans across the country. According to Ms. Kaptur’s congressional office, the Butch Lewis Act is estimated to protect the pensions of up to 80,000 Ohioans and 3 million Americans total, more than the estimated 1 to 1.5 million that would have been protected if H.R. 397 moved forward. Ms. Kaptur will be on the ballot to retain her seat in Ohio’s 9th Congressional District in the Nov. 8 general election. She is facing Republican J.R. Majewski of Port Clinton.